A Battersea pensioner who put CCTV cameras on his flat to reduce crime was prosecuted by Wandsworth Council who ordered him to remove them because they breached his tenancy agreement and damaged the brickwork.

He was left with a £2,000 costs order, but said his pair of cameras helped catch a burglar and bike thieves after he installed them in his block of flats. He also said they also kept drug dealers away.